Indicator for schools



(No Model.)

' e. HOGAN.

INDICATOR FOR SCHOOLS. No. 276,819; Patented May 1,1883.

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" GEORGE HOGAN, on NEW BRIGHTON, NEW YORK.

INDICATOR FOR SCHOOLS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 276,819, dated May 1,1883.

Application filed August 10, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE HOGAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at New Brighton, Richmond county, New York, have invented newand useful Improvements in Indicators for Schools, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for recording and displaying the gradeor meritorious I0 standing of the respective scholars in a school,

and for other similar purposes; and it consists in the combination of aseries of dovetailed name-receiving slides, with a panel havingits faceprovided with horizontal grooves for the reception of the slides, andwith a vertical marking strip or column adjacent to one end of thegrooves, so that when the slides are inserted in the grooves they arefirmly held in position and are capable of beinginterchanged atpleasure, while the marking-strip is a medium common to all the slidesfor containing the grades of the scholars. One end of the grooves isclosed to arrest the slides and bring them a to the proper symmetricalpositions. Opposite to the grooves on the face of the panel, and at theend opposite to the grade-marking strip, are consecutive numbers fordenoting the numerical standing of the scholars, while on the upper partof the panel is a marking-strip designed 0 to receive a date, such stripbeing arranged in a portion of the panel and some of the slides.

proper relation to a suitableinscription on the panel, as hereinaftermore fully set forth.

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a face view, showing some of the slides partiallydrawn outto expose the grooves. Fig. 2 is avertical section on the line a: m,Fig.

. 1; and Fig.3 isa broken sectional view through Similar lettersindicate corresponding parts.

The letter A designates the name-receivin g slides; B, the panel; 0, itsgrooves; l), the grade-marking strip, and E the date-marking strip.

The slides A are dovetailed in cross-section, and hence are firmlyretained in position, due to their shapes, and the desired names areprinted on the slides; or, in lieu thereof, a facing of slate or thelike may be used for temporarilyreceiving the names. Eachslide,moreover, is provided with a finger-button,f, to fa cilitate itsadjustment.

The panel B is composed of wood, eardboard, or other stiff material, andit is inclosed in a frame, B; but, if desired, this frame may beomitted.

The grooves (3 extend in horizontal planes side by side with each other,and they are formed by means of strips 0, which are dovetailed andsecured to the face of the panel B in the proper manner to receive theslides A between them. Nextto one end of the grooves O the panel B isprovided with'a clear, 9, for closing such end of the grooves, the otherend being left open, and hence when the slides are inserted in'thegrooves they are arrested by the cleat, thus taking the propersymmetrical positions.

The grade-marking strip D is situated at or adjacent to one end of thegrooves O-namely, the open end-and it extends vertically the entireheight or aggregate width of the grooves, so that it is common to allthe slides. preferred to make this strip Dot slate or other similarmaterial, and to sin-k the same into the panel B, flush with its face,as shown in Fig. 2. At or adjacen t to the closed end ofthe grooves 0the face of the panel B is marked with consecutive numbers, one oppositeto each'groove, as shown in Fig. 1 and hence the numerical standing ofthe scholars can beindioated, as well as the grades.

The date-marking strip E is arranged on the upper part of the panel B,in proper relation to an inscription denoting the week or other period"to which the whole appertains or is made to apply, and it is preferablymade, like the strip D, of an argillaceous material sunken into thepanel.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A device for receiving and displaying the grade or standing ofscholars in a school, consistin g of a panel having its face providedwith a series of horizontal parallel dovetailed grooves, a series ofremovable name-receiving slides having dovetailed upper and loweredges,and a grade-markin g strip secured vertically to the panel atone end ofthe dovetailed grooves, substantially as described.

2. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, of theremovable dovetailed name-receiving slides, with the panel having itsface provided with a series of horizontal parallel grooves forthereception of the slides, closed at one end, but open atthe other end,and with a vertical grade-markin g strip at one end of the grooves.

3. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, of theremovable dovetailed name-receiving slides, with the panel having itsface provided with a series of horizontal parallel grooves for thereception of the slides, with a vertical grade-marking strip at one endof the grooves, and with consecutive numbers at the other end thereof,such numbers being opposite to the grooves.

4. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, of theremovable dovetailed name-receiving slides, with the panel having itsface provided with a series of horizontal parallel grooves for thereception of the slides, with a vertical grade-markin g strip at oneend. of the grooves, and with a date-marking strip, the latter beingarranged in proper relation to the inscription on the panel.

In'testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

GEORGE HOGAN.

